Install flashplayer

Hardy Heron (Ubuntu 8.04)

sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree

or follow the instructions in Multimedia and DVDs in Ubuntu

Ubuntu dapper drake

Adobe has now released flash player 9 for Linux so the flash 7 installer in both Dapper and Edgy no longer works.There are two methods for installing flash on Ubuntu, both complicated.

Method 1 - apt-get

1. bring up a terminal
2. "sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list"
3. uncomment the line for dapper-backports
4. close nano, saving the file
5. "sudo apt-get update"
6. "sudo apt-get install -t dapper-backports flashplugin-nonfree"

Method 2 - download the tar.gz file

Browse to http://www.adobe.com

click on Get Adobe Flashplayer

click the Download .tar.gz file link (You have read the user agreement, right?)

save to disk. In Ubuntu Dapper, this will be /home/<your user name>/Desktop. Other systems may download to /home/<your user name> by default.

open a terminal (Ctrl+Alt+t)

"cd Desktop" (on an Ubuntu box)

type tar -xvzf ins and then hit the tab key. The line then should look something like "tar -xvzf install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz".

Hit enter. This should result in a series of filenames being typed on the screen as the package is extracted.

enter cd install_flash_player_9_linux

enter sudo ./flashplayer-installer

follow the prompts. When it asks what browser to install it for, select m or a

for the root install, the path for firefox on Ubuntu Dapper is /usr/lib/firefox

the path on Ubuntu Hardy is /usr/lib/firefox-3.0

you should now have flash installed on your freekbox. Open a browser and go to http://youtube.com to test it.

Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon

To install the flash player all by its lonesome, open Synaptic (System -> Administration -> Synaptic) and search all repositories for flashplugin-nonfree. Install it!

To enable flash, java, a few video formats, some special fonts, and MP3 playback all at once, use Synaptic to install ubuntu-restricted-formats. You'll need to agree to abide by any licenses attached to the software.

For more information on installing the software to enable and using non-free formats on your Ubuntu system, visit the Ubuntu page on Restricted Formats.